The authors examine the impact of migration on educational attainment in rural Mexico. Using historical migration rates by state to instrument for current migration, they find evidence of a significant negative effect of migration on schooling attendance and attainment of 12 to 18 year-old boys and 16 to 18 year-old girls. IV-Censored Ordered Probit results show that living in a migrant household lowers the chances of boys completing junior high school...
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2006/06/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS3952
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2010/07/01
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Can migration reduce educational attainment ? Evidence from Mexico
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migrant household
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